1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
4th place • Western Conference • 4-11-1 .281 |
Head Coach: Jim Champion |
Marv Matuszak | Assistant Coach |
Ron Morris | Assistant Coach |
Jackie Parker | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 7/10/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-9 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26095 | |
Mon | 7/15/1968 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
Wed | 7/17/1968 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 15-22 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17338 | |
Wed | 7/24/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 46-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21995 | |
Tue | 7/30/1968 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14395 | |
Tue | 8/6/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 7-41 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32765 | |
Thu | 8/15/1968 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-18 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25722 | |
Tue | 8/20/1968 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-4 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17305 | |
Sun | 8/25/1968 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-17 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23638 | |
Mon | 9/2/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-26 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 19436 | |
Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-14 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30432 | |
Sat | 9/14/1968 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-22 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25352 | |
Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-16 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16151 | |
Mon | 9/30/1968 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-16 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25165 | |
Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-13 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16551 | |
Sat | 10/12/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 29-43 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 22373 | |
Mon | 10/14/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 13-4 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 11000 | |
Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20040 | |
Sat | 10/26/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 23-42 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 15011 | |
Sat | 11/2/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6-12 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22645 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Jerry Bradley | 12 | S-RCB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | California | 16 | |
Dale Brady | 15 | ROH | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Memphis | 13 | |
Paul Brothers | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Oregon State | 16 | |
Bob Brown | 60 | RDE | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | |
Bill Bufton | 72 | RDE-RDT | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Idaho | 16 | |
Jim Carphin | 76 | ROE | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | Olympic JC; Washington | 11 | |
Lonnie Dennis | 61 | ROT | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | Brigham Young | 3 | |
Wayne Dennis | 52 | LDT | 6-1 | 240 | 28 | Montana | 15 | |
Skip Diaz | 54 | RDT | 5-9 | 262 | 24 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Oregon State | 9 | |
Trev Ekdahl | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Utah State | 16 | |
Garner Ekstran | 78 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Washington State | 8 | |
Jim Evenson | 28 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon | 16 | |
Ken Ferguson | 45 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Utah State | 16 | |
Greg Findlay | 79 | RLB | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
Wayne Foster | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | |
Dick Fouts | 69 | LDE | 6-6 | 233 | 34 | Missouri | 16 | |
Ted Gerela | 35 | DB-K | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Washington State | 16 | |
John Griffin | 25 | LCB-LDH | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Memphis | 16 | |
Lefty Hendrickson | 71 | TE-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Oregon | 16 | |
Lach Heron | 74 | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oregon | 16 | |
Sonny Homer | 21 | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Grays Harbor JC | 16 | |
Bob Howes | 44 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Queen's | 13 | |
Fred Hubbs | 52 | ROG | 6-2 | 253 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | |
Max Huber | 55 | ROT | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Brigham Young | 3 | |
Roger Kettlewell | 70 | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 5 | |
Bill Lasseter | 34 | LDH-S | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | none | 16 | |
Mike Martin | 64 | MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Washington State | 16 | |
John McDowell | 62 | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 16 | |
Rick McHale | 58 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 21 | Washington | 16 | |
Bill Mitchell | 40 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 33 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
Brian Murphy | DT | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 1 | |||||
Craig Murray | 36 | RCB-RDH | 5-10 | 197 | 28 | Utah State | 16 | |
Pete Ohler | 18 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 15 | |
Jackie Parker | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 36 | Jones County JC; Mississippi State | 8 | |
Rich Robinson | 20 | LCB | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | |
Mike St. Louis | 67 | ROT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Northern Arizona; Central Missouri | 2 | |
Jimmy Sidle | 77 | TE | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Auburn | 16 | |
E.A. Sims | 70 | TE | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
Leroy Sledge | 22 | ROH-LOE | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Bakersfield CC | 12 | |
Jiggy Smaha | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Georgia | 8 | |
Len Sparks | 26 | RDH | 6-2 | 207 | 28 | Wyoming | 16 | |
Ken Sugarman | 68 | LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Whitworth | 16 | |
Pete Travis | 56 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | St. Francis Xavier; North Central; Louisville | 5 | |
Jim Young | 30 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Queen's | 16 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Mike Eben | FL | Toronto |
3 | 19 | David Gee | DL | Toronto |
4 | 28 | Brian Monteith | OL | Wilfrid Laurier |
5 | 37 | Wayne Strudwick | LB | Saskatchewan |
6 | 45 | George Richmond | LB | New Brunswick |
7 | 53 | Sam Krvainchuk | LB | British Columbia |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 66 | 62 | 36 | 53 | 217 |
Opponents Totals | 71 | 92 | 80 | 75 | 318 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 267 | 124 | 125 | 18 | 72 | 637 | |||
Opponents Totals | 281 | 106 | 149 | 26 | 96 | 772 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Gerela | 0 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 30 | 59 | 50.8 | 9 | 0 | 115 |
Jim Evenson | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Sonny Homer | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jim Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Paul Brothers | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lach Heron | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jackie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dale Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
E.A. Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Team Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 30 | 59 | 50.8 | 9 | 3 | 217 | |||
Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 11 | 32 | 34.4 | 17 | 2 | 318 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Evenson | 248 | 1220 | 4.9 | 32 | 4 |
Jim Young | 46 | 244 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 |
Dale Brady | 46 | 226 | 4.9 | 21 | 1 |
Leroy Sledge | 65 | 219 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
Paul Brothers | 26 | 96 | 3.7 | 12 | 1 |
Jackie Parker | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 11 | 1 |
Ted Gerela | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 46 | 0 |
Pete Ohler | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
Ken Ferguson | 0 | 17 | 17L | 0 | |
Jerry Bradley | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 478 | 2178 | 4.6 | 8 | |
Opponents Totals | 427 | 1946 | 4.6 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Ohler | 153 | 93 | 60.8 | 49 | 1037 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 62 | 3 | 2.0 | 11 | 7.2 | 57.6 | |||
Paul Brothers | 153 | 77 | 50.3 | 66 | 1001 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 82 | 5 | 3.3 | 10 | 6.5 | 54.9 | |||
Jackie Parker | 91 | 54 | 59.3 | 32 | 726 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.5 | 61.9 | |||
Team Totals | 397 | 224 | 56.4 | 147 | 2764 | 7.0 | 12.3 | 8 | 2.0 | 26 | 6.5 | 57.5 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 416 | 222 | 53.4 | 175 | 3152 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 22 | 5.3 | 19 | 4.6 | 76.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Young | 51 | 698 | 13.7 | 46 | 1 |
Lach Heron | 32 | 452 | 14.1 | 82 | 1 |
Sonny Homer | 27 | 415 | 15.4 | 56 | 4 |
Jim Carphin | 22 | 292 | 13.3 | 54 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 19 | 241 | 12.7 | 62 | 1 |
Jimmy Sidle | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 26 | 0 |
Leroy Sledge | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
Ted Gerela | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 21 | 0 |
Jerry Bradley | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Dale Brady | 24 | 224 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
E.A. Sims | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 1 | |
Team Totals | 224 | 2764 | 12.3 | 8 | |
Opponents Totals | 222 | 3152 | 14.2 | 22 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Bradley | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 66 | 0 |
John Griffin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
Rich Robinson | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 29 | 0 |
Craig Murray | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
Greg Findlay | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bill Lasseter | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Martin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
Len Sparks | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
Team Totals | 19 | 406 | 21.4 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 407 | 15.7 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Gerela | 109 | 4226 | 38.8 | 60 | - | |||||
Jerry Bradley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 110 | 4235 | 38.5 | - | 798 | 4728 | 34.0 | |||
Opponents Totals | 159 | 6301 | 39.6 | - | 646 | 5655 | 35.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Bradley | 102 | 471 | 4.6 | 36 | 0 |
Bill Lasseter | 22 | 114 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
Rich Robinson | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
John Griffin | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
Craig Murray | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
Lach Heron | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 138 | 646 | 4.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 122 | 798 | 6.5 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Gerela | 32 | 1836 | 57.4 | 81 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 1836 | 57.4 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Bradley | 14 | 329 | 23.5 | 44 | 0 |
Leroy Sledge | 11 | 228 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
Rich Robinson | 9 | 207 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
Jim Young | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 38 | 0 |
John Griffin | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 |
Dale Brady | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 31 | 0 |
Ted Gerela | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Craig Murray | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Roger Kettlewell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
E.A. Sims | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 53 | 1117 | 21.1 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 684 | 22.8 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Bradley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Brady | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Brothers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Skip Diaz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Findlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Gerela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sonny Homer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Kettlewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Lasseter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Pete Ohler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jackie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leroy Sledge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jiggy Smaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Ken Sugarman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Young | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
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